As much as I want to say TRT has something to do with this, I think this has more to do with a combination of Chael moving up to 205, not caring about what happens at Middleweight anymore, and trying to be a good journalist while exiting the adrenaline rush Vitor's kick put everyone on for about an hour.

There is a difference though between analyzing and what Chael did. Cormier heaped praise on Belfort but not to the extent of Chael. I know hes an analyst and he would not bad mouth some one unless it was an off the record interview but after the fight it was almost like he made Chael born again..

Hey I don't have an issue with it especially since hes my fav fighter I am just wondering what caused the over obsessive man love I saw on Saturday night.

As much as I want to say TRT has something to do with this, I think this has more to do with a combination of Chael moving up to 205, not caring about what happens at Middleweight anymore, and trying to be a good journalist while exiting the adrenaline rush Vitor's kick put everyone on for about an hour.

I could def see that, and I think Chael is a great journalist I just though it was a alot of love he was offering to Belfort and wasn't sure why.

Maybe it's cuz Vitor is a nice guy with bags of talent. There's no need to stir the pot for Chael now there not in the same weight class.

I know in fact I was thinking Belfort is one Brazillian I really have never heard Sonnen disparage except that he mentioned that Belfort would probably get hurt during the Jones training, but seems like he has always kind of respected Vitor more than the other Brazillians

Chael is doing a job. When he is promoting fights, he will say outrageous things to get the fight attention. When he was coaching TUF, he boosted his fighters confidence and tried to help them succeed, which is the best thing a TUF coach can do. Running your guys into the ground trying to improve their cardio is the worst. When he is an analyst, he evaluates fighters and sometimes slightly obsesses over them, like just about any sports analyst ever. Bottom line is Chael does what he believes he is supposed to given the job.

Chael is doing a job. When he is promoting fights, he will say outrageous things to get the fight attention. When he was coaching TUF, he boosted his fighters confidence and tried to help them succeed, which is the best thing a TUF coach can do. Running your guys into the ground trying to improve their cardio is the worst. When he is an analyst, he evaluates fighters and sometimes slightly obsesses over them, like just about any sports analyst ever. Bottom line is Chael does what he believes he is supposed to given the job.

I actually only watched the after show a couple of times and never saw him do that but if he on more than one occasion gushes over people like that then that answers my question, I thought it was a rare occurence.

He works for Fuel Tv and Cormier was their to Hype Rockhold of course, and its his Job to say good things about Vitor.... You have to put more into it to get people to believe you, I dont like Chael, but he knows his job